Broke my Lee Auto Prime

[mark501w]

Broke the handle. Checked EBay bidding on the old model crazy, so I bought the new model for less (XR). Looking at the new model I got to wondering if the new handle would fit the old? It does, so if you like the old model & want to repair it go to Midway & buy your new handle.[ATTACH][/ATTACH]

[SmokeWagon]

I'm not sure I will ever use mine again. That thing is murder on my thumb and hand, probably because I do to many at one sitting. I got the Lee Ram Prime and am never looking back, that thing just sings once you get in a grove and for rifle brass you know that primer is seated where it should be.

Good to know that LEE made the parts interchangeable on that hand primer though as many do not like the new safety feature on the new model as it sometimes flips the primer upside down.

[mark501w]

Ya I understand the lever is wider. Ilike being able to feel the primer seating it's a simple & cheap way to accomplish this.

[Dark Mod]

Good info! love that thing. Nothing like sitting on the couch watching tv and having 1000 primed peices of brass at the end of a Prison Break marathon.

[mark501w]

I think with some grinding the connecting rod could be used too.

['ol shooter]

I bet if you call or e-mail Lee, they send you whatever parts you need to fix it for free. I like my new one, but still like my old one too.

[mark501w]

Sheesh, I thought I was doing good at 2.00!

[Bug Splat]

Mine broke too after some 20K primes. I machined a new handle out of aircraft grade aluminum and have not had a problem since. I never use it these days after getting a lee Classic turret with the built in priming system. Works amazingly well and IMO is the best press mounted priming system out there. Tubes suck hard and take way to much time.

I bet Lee will replace it for free if you ask.

[Fjold]

I have two of them, the oldest one that I bought in 1981 is still working.

[Divernhunter]

I called them 2 different time about mine when they broke. They would do nothing.
I just bought new ones. They are cheap----in more than one way.

[AMProducts]

I still have the scars from where that stupid handle broke and sliced up my hand. Go buy a better tool.

[mark501w]

Can't say I've had that trouble.

[gunboat]

I still use the really old "old style" with the screw in shellholders --
Always on the lookout for more shellholders :-) --

[mark501w]

I 've never seen one.

['ol shooter]

One trick I taught myself is, if I am needing a lot of force to seat primers in a run of cases, I use a Q-tip with a light amount of Imperial neck sizing dry lube in the case holes. They go in nice and smooth, and don't back out when fired.